Matt Creamer — an editor from New York, New York
Whitney Manzo — a Ph.D. student in political science from Garland, Texas
Ellen Kimmel — a school nurse from Nanuet, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen | $1,200 | $4,800 | $14,400 |
$11,400
2-day champion: $37,000 |
$14,400
23 R, 3 W |
| Whitney | $3,000 | $4,200 | $1,800 |
$3,595
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,800
12 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Matt | $1,200 | $600 | $5,600 |
$4,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
9 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 1990s | STUPID ANSWERS | I READ IT ON A BUMPER STICKER | BIRD-OLOGY | PORTUGUYS | "EH"? |
|
$200
[4]
In 1993 General Beg of this countrv said yes, we have nukes & we'll use them on India if we have to
Pakistan
Ellen
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$200
[1]
Irene Cara catapulted to fame after starring in this 1980 film
Fame
Ellen
|
$200
[17]
"Save water" do this "with a friend"
shower
Whitney
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$200
[26]
Hands off the hooded pitohui! With wings & skin laced with toxin, it's one of the few birds known to be this
poisonous (or venomous)
Matt
|
$200
[13]
Lisbon-born Pedro Juliao didn't last long on this Job; he was killed by a falling ceiling 8 months after becoming John XXI
the pope
Whitney
|
$200
[9]
2 baseball games played in a row
a double header
Matt
|
|
$400
[25]
(Legal commentator Jack Ford gives the clue.) The 1995 murder trial that ended in his acquittal was commonly called the Trial of the Century; the 1997 civil trial that found him liable got almost as much attention
O.J. Simpson
Ellen
|
$400
[2]
1975's "Killer Queen" was the first Top 40 pop hit for this group
Queen
Ellen
|
$400
[18]
"What if" this kids' dance song "is what it's all about?"
"The Hokey Pokey"
Ellen
|
$400
[27]
Like mammals, birds are this; their body temperature always remains about the same
warm blooded
Ellen
|
$400
[14]
In the 17th century Pedro Teixeira, one of the early explorers of this river, traversed it from Belem to Quito
the Amazon
Ellen
|
$400
[11]
O this little town passed from Israeli to Palestinian control in December 1995
Bethlehem
Ellen
|
|
$600
[10]
In 1992 the Catholic church issued the first new universal this in 4 centuries, dropping the Q. & A. format
a catechism
Ellen
|
$600
[3]
Dolores Del Rio was one of the stars of the 1933 musical "Flying Down to" here
Rio
Whitney
|
$600
[19]
Punning on a slogan of the United Negro College Fund, "A waist is a terrible thing to..."
mind
Whitney
|
$600
[28]
(Jimmy of the clue crew gives the clue) The colored spot on a peacock's feather is called an ocelus from the Latin oculus meaning this
an eye
Whitney
|
$600
[22]
In the 15th century, this Portuguese prince established a school of navigation at Sagres, his castle
Henry (the Navigator)
Ellen
|
$600
[12]
It's an abnormal depletion of bodily fluids you might experience in a trek across a desert
dehydration
Whitney
|
|
$800
[8]
George Holliday videotaped the LAPD's notorious encounter with this man in 1991
Rodney King
Whitney
|
$800
[5]
Hopefully you know it's the TV sitcom that starred Faith Ford & Kelly Ripa as sisters
Hope and Faith
Ellen
Whitney
|
$800
[20]
"Never play leap frog with" this mythical animal, if you get my point
the unicorn
Ellen
|
$800
[29]
Nearly blind, this flightless bird of New Zealand relies on its sense of smell to find food
the kiwi
Matt
|
$800
[23]
In 1488 Bartolomeo Dias led the first European expedition to round this cape, opening a sea route to Asia
the Cape of Good Hope
Whitney
|
$800
[15]
From the Latin for "to catch hold of", it means to understand
to comprehend
Ellen
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1997 the Chinese govt. announced privatizations as part of the legacy of this leader who died that February
Deng Xiaoping
Ellen
|
$1,000
[6]
In August 2009 country duo Brooks & this guy announced that they were done
(Ronnie) Dunn
Matt
|
$1,000
[21]
"Does the name" of this physiologist "ring a bell?"
Pavlov
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) When fishing a heron spears at the water to grab its prey while this bird sweeps for food using its uniquely shaped beak
the spoonbill
Whitney
|
$1,000
[24]
In 1757 the Marques de Pombal's efforts to regulate trade in dessert wine led to a "tippler's riot" in this city
Oporto
|
$1,000
[16]
This adjective is used to describe the gripping ability of the tails of New World monkeys
prehensile
Ellen
|
| COUNTY CULTURE | BALLPARK FRANKS | I CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE | EGGS-QUISITE | BOOK BY CHARACTERS | A "BACH" OF CLUES |
|
$400
[17]
For 37 years Ole Miss has held an annual conference on this writer & Yoknapatawpha
William Faulkner
|
$400
[1]
The first to be MVP in both leagues, he was the first African-American major league manager, with Cleveland in 1975
Frank Robinson
Matt
|
$400
[11]
In 2011 NASA will send a rover to this planet to see if it could support microbial life
Mars
Whitney
|
$400
[12]
The eggs in Eggs Benedict are cooked this way, gently in liquid just below the boiling point
poached
Ellen
|
$400
[5]
Melanie Wilkes, Gerald O'Hara
Gone With the Wind
Ellen
|
$400
[26]
This world leader met Reagan in Iceland in 1986
Gorbachev
Matt
|
|
$800
[18]
The photoherewas taken in this Iowa county found in the title of a bestseller
Madison county
Ellen
|
$800
[2]
6'7" Frank Howard was known as "The Capital Punisher" after being traded to this team
the Washington Senators
|
$800
[19]
Colorado & Utah will go west & join this sporting conference in 2011
the Pac-10
Whitney
|
$800
[13]
The type of pan seenhereis named for this egg dish
an omelette
Ellen
|
$800
[6]
Lara, Strelnikov, Komarovsky
Doctor Zhivago
Ellen
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
Made famous in 1945, it's an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima
Mount Suribachi
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[24]
This Jane Austen novel begins, "The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex"
Sense and Sensibility
Ellen
Whitney
|
$1,200
[3]
In 2007 this DH nicknamed "The Big Hurt" hit his 500th career home run
Frank Thomas
|
$1,200
[20]
This protocol established in Japan to limit greenhouse gas emissions will expire in 2012
the Kyoto Protocol
Matt
|
$1,200
[14]
"Joy of Cooking" says a well-made one of these is "the triumph of egg cooking" & warns that overcooking will deflate it
a soufflé
Matt
|
$1,200
[7]
Leopold Bloom
Ulysses
Matt
|
— |
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
The Oscar-winning documentary "Harlan County USA" depicts a strike by these workers in Kentucky
coalminers
Whitney
|
$1,600
[4]
Frank Tanana, who was drafted by this "heavenly" team in 1971, was said to throw 90 mph in the '70s & 70 mph in the '90s
the Angels
Ellen
|
$1,600
[21]
This will be partly blotted out on May 10, 2013; if I'm with a primitive tribe that day, I can trick them into making me a god
the sun
Ellen
|
$1,600
[15]
The name of this eggy dish, a savory tart, comes from the German word kuchen
quiche
Ellen
|
$1,600
[8]
George Milton, Lennie Small
Of Mice and Men
Matt
|
— |
|
$2,000
[25]
A 2008 Tony award went to Tracy Letts' dark family comedy "August:" this Oklahoma county
Osage
Ellen
|
$2,000
[10]
"The Fordham Flash", he played in 8 World Series as a National Leaguer & was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1947
Frankie Frisch
|
$2,000
[22]
The gram you're holding of this element's Isotope 238? In about 4 1/2 billion years, it'll be 1/2 gram
uranium
Whitney
|
$2,000
[16]
Whisk sugar, Marsala wine, egg yolks & salt until thick & creamy to make this custard-y Italian dessert
zabaglione
|
$2,000
[9]
Isabella Linton, Hareton Earnshaw
Wuthering Heights
Ellen
Whitney
|
— |
These 2 are the only Best Actress Oscar winners to have No. 1 hits on the Billboard Top 40
Barbra Streisand & Cher